Gin and Raspberry
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instrumental = verse 1
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1. While hunting for Fox, we
first came this way
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from Lake Pembroke township
took many long day,
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to cut through the bush and we
found a new rush
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with a mine called the Gin and
Raspberry.
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Oh, but it's hard, cruel and
cold,
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searching Cardrona for nuggets of gold,
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an ounce to the bucket and we'll all sell our souls
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for a taste of the Gin and Raspberry.
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2. The rumours went out and the thousands poured in,
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a handful grew rich and many
grew thin.
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They all hoped to find their
own patch of tin,
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as rich as the Gin and
Raspberry.
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3. At first it was summer, and we all thought it grand,
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no shirts on our backs as we
sluiced and we panned.
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But then came the snow and the
southern winds blow,
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and there's ice in the Gin and
Raspberry.
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4. Billy McGrath, he worked hard and worked long,
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ready to smile and to give us
a song,
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but then he struck gold and
was found dead and cold
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down in the Gin and Raspberry.
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Oh, but it's hard, cruel and
cold,
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searching Cardrona for nuggets of gold,
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an ounce to the bucket and we'll all sell our souls
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for a taste of the Gin and Raspberry.
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5. So I'll work out the mine and I'll stay out of strife,
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I’ll save all me tin to send
home to me wife.
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And when the job's done, I'll
leave at the run,
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and to hell with the Gin and
Raspberry.
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(Martin Curtis)